Archive for the "art" Category

Fri, 20 January 2012 starfarer

And then there are days when words don’t describe it.
So I do this instead.

Mon, 09 May 2011 a busy period

I’m coming into a busy couple of weeks and I’m unsure of how much time I’ll have to allocate to blogging.
While there is a certain requirement these days for people to blog/tweet/etc. on a regular basis, it does impinge upon my allotted ‘free’ time. Over the coming two weeks that free time is shrinking considerably [...]

Thu, 14 April 2011 Gothic sacraments

This is an image from my visit to the Cathedral de Mallorca in Palma city in February.
Technically, I was being rather naughty taking this image, but I couldn’t help it when it came to this startling section of the Cathedral, which is the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament.
I have a thing for massive, elaborate Gothic [...]

Wed, 09 March 2011 old horror

Today I was selecting photographs to post to my Flickr stream from those I took at the Church of Saint Bartholomew in Sóller, Mallorca.
One of them was the above photograph of the eponymous saint himself, Saint Bartholomew. As I was examining the photograph I realised there was another face hanging from the Saint’s waist. It [...]

Wed, 23 February 2011 artistic inspiration

My mind is currently full of research and ideas for my next graphic novel project, which I’m writing at the moment.
Whenever I do a period piece I soak up as many images from the era as possible. Most of the 1920s was a truly inspiring time – change was in the air, and the [...]